profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
The Kroger
$70.80+1.42% today
+7.3% in 1 year
1-year low $55.531-year high $75.60
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $41.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What The Kroger sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $148 billion in 2023 to $148 billion in 2026, with $1.02 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
The Kroger handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $2.7B$885M
Free cash flow 2026$3.5B
Bought back its own shares$2.7B
Paid as dividends$885M
Cash vs. debt$3.3B vs. $24.7B
The Kroger vs. similar companies
The Kroger grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kroger | 41.2× · Expensive | ||
 Loblaw Companies | 30.3× · Expensive | ||
 Tesco | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize | 13.9× · Cheap | ||
 Seven & i | 17.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads The Kroger's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132,498 | 137,888 | 148,258 | 150,039 | 147,123 | 147,642 | |
| – | – | 31,778 | 33,364 | 33,403 | 34,402 | |
| 2,780 | 3,477 | 4,126 | 3,096 | 3,849 | 1,890 | |
| – | – | 7,016 | 7,027 | 7,641 | 5,759 | |
| 2,585 | 1,655 | 2,244 | 2,164 | 2,665 | 1,016 | |
| 3.27 | 2.17 | 3.06 | 2.96 | 3.67 | 1.54 | |
| – | – | 21.4% | 22.2% | 22.7% | 23.3% | |
| 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1.3% | |
| 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 48,662 | 49,086 | 49,623 | 50,505 | 52,616 | 49,953 |
| Cash | 1,687 | 1,821 | 1,015 | 1,883 | 3,959 | 3,334 |
| Total debt | 20,587 | 20,440 | 20,412 | 19,247 | 25,082 | 24,692 |
| Total liabilities | 39,112 | 39,657 | 39,609 | 38,904 | 44,335 | 44,017 |
| 9,576 | 9,452 | 10,042 | 11,615 | 8,285 | 5,927 | |
| 781 | 754 | 727 | 725 | 720 | 655 | |
| 10.3% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 4.7% | |
| 27.0% | 17.5% | 22.3% | 18.6% | 32.2% | 17.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,815 | 6,190 | 4,498 | 6,788 | 5,794 | 7,311 | |
| 2,865 | 2,614 | 3,078 | 3,904 | 4,017 | 3,855 | |
| 3,950 | 3,576 | 1,420 | 2,884 | 1,777 | 3,456 | |
| Dividends paid | 534 | 589 | 682 | 796 | 883 | 885 |
| 1,324 | 1,647 | 993 | 62 | 5,156 | 2,699 | |
| 185 | 203 | 190 | 172 | 175 | 157 |
Valuation
- 41.2×
- 13.5×
- –
- 6.7×
- 0.3×
- 12.1×
- 11.0×
- 8.3%
- 2.4%
- 2.2%
Profitability
- 23.3%
- 1.3%
- 0.7%
- 3.9%
- 4.9%
- 8.0%
- 13.0%
- 2.0%
- 5.9%
- –
Growth
- +2.2%
- −14.0%
- +88.5%
- +14.5%
- −3.4%
Financial health
- 3.7×
- 4.17
- 49.4%
- 2.9×
- 0.80
- 0.42
- 2.96
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 17%of 669
Bottom 5%of 672
Bottom 13%of 623
Bottom 29%of 671
Top 28%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $74.75
- Range
- $68.00 – $83.00
- 5 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 1.28 | 1.20 | +6.7% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 1.05 | 1.03 | +1.9% |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 1.04 | 0.99 | +4.6% |
| Jun 20, 2025 | 1.49 | 1.45 | +2.8% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 1.14 | 1.11 | +2.7% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 0.98 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 0.93 | 0.91 | +1.9% |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 1.43 | 1.35 | +5.9% |
2.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$22a year at today's yield, before tax
+14.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.40 in 2015 → $1.34 in 2025
How safe it looks
87.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 25.6%
News
Is Kroger Stock Increasing Your Market Risk?Yahoo Finance · Oct 23, 2026Is Kroger a Buy After Its Latest Earnings Report?Yahoo Finance · Sep 13, 2026How Investors May Respond To Kroger (KR) Linking Prescriptions With Instacart-Powered Online Grocery DeliveryYahoo Finance · Aug 26, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
24No pass
Benjamin Graham
18No pass
Philip Fisher
20No pass
Peter Lynch
6No pass
Joel Greenblatt
3No pass
Charlie Munger
20No pass
Terry Smith
20No pass
Questions about The Kroger
Is The Kroger a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the The Kroger AI analysis
What does The Kroger do?
The Kroger Co. operates as a food and drug retailer in the United States. The company operates combination food and drug stores, multi-department stores, marketplace stores, and price impact warehouses. It is in Grocery Stores, based in Cincinnati, OH, United States, with 403,000 employees.
Does The Kroger pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.2% a year, about 87% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $885 million in dividends.
Is The Kroger stock halal?
No. The Kroger does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 59% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has The Kroger stock done over the past year?
Up 7.3% over the past twelve months, to $70.80. It traded between $55.53 and $75.60 and is 6.3% below its high.
Who are The Kroger's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Loblaw Companies, Tesco, Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize and Seven & i. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with The Kroger's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.